I would powder coat that unique door to match the red!

I like the blades on your TMNT too! Where did you get those? I had a TMNT pro, but don't recall ever seeing those.

That’s amazing! Nice job. Those blades look totally legit professional. Great choice of art, the playfield and cab are so colorful already, the subtle colors and moon are perfect. I want a printer (and artistic talent) like that!

Having slot reel issues, thought I would share the link here to my issue. Any help would,be appreciated.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/whodunnit-slot-reel-issues

I was having this issue recently and took everything apart as you have with no change. In desperation I reseated all the connections in the backbox and it cured it! No idea why but I'm waiting for it to happen again so I can investigate at that end!

By a request, I made 3D Coin Reject Buttons for Who Dunnit!

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These are 3D printed with two filaments and accented with ink. They feature a magnifying glass discovering a fingerprint, and a mysterious question mark. Available in your choice of translucent color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or white/clear); complimentary matching coin slots are included.

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Contact me through my website, https://rocketcitypinball.com, or visit my shop here on Pinside:
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1282-rocket-city-pinball/04954-3d-coin-reject-buttons-who-dunnit

Started this thread on the stepper motor driver board. Take a look and let me know if anyone is interested.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/who-dunnit-stepper-motor-driver-slot-machine-new-boards#post-6223231

Looking at joining the club! The one I am looking at looks to be in great condition but the slot machine reels do not do anything. Is there anything I can look at for this issue? If I get the machine can this be an easy fix or a problem to avoid all together? Thanks for any help!

If you read through this thread and others on here, you'll find the reels seem to be the main fail-point for this machine. The bad news is that they can be hard to diagnose and fix, but the good news is that you can just disable them in the settings. It will show a credit dot, but the game is 100% playable without them.

True, but it’s a really cool feature. I want my machines fully operating. What I love is how this community rallies to keep these wonderful machines fully functioning. I am waiting on my test boards to be shipped to me so I can test the, out. Hoping to come up with a cheap solution for everyone to keep the, running!

Absolutely. I think it is really cool that it’s still functional with out it. I have read through this and other folks having issues with the reels but I havnt seen where none of them work at all so I am concerned it was maybe more then just the reel motor or loose connection that was messed up. I’m okay working on reels at my own pace but I’m going to get murdered if I bring home another machine needing all kinds of stuff done to it just to make it work. Lol

I have read your post as well and really hope the boards work! Since each reel needs one of those boards to make them work individually, I’m guessing those would all connect to one spot. Is that where the issue may be if none of the reels are working?

Agree if someone has none of the reels working, I would start with:
- first I would make sure they are not disabled in the menu.
- do all of the LED’s on the 3 board light up (12v). If they don’t there is a single plug towards the bottom/back of the playfield that runs 13v to them
- Next I would make sure all of the connectors on the boards are seated well.
- After that, I would check the 3 connectors for the reel to the working harness, they are right next to the reels where they are fastened to the bottom of the playfield.
- from there I would check the connectors on the MPU that trigger the reels. Make sure all is seated properly.

This is a good start for basic troubleshooting. From there it gets a little more complicated but can be solved.

Wow! Thank you so much! So I did join the club and got into the reels.

-I with through and checked everything you described. And go one motor slightly spinning
-I then took the three motors apart and found two of them were pretty much destroyed but the one that sorta spun I was able to clean and got that working.
-Ordered two new motors and got those in today. Plugged them in and they are all spinning!

With that being said two new issues one I think is easy but the other I’m a little puzzled.

Easy problem- reel three sensor doesn’t seem to be working so I will order a new one and hopefully fix that.

Weird problem- the light on reel one works and works when it spins but in a chase or during test it only lights up and then turns off and stays off until it is triggered again. Not really sure what to do with that.

New owner checking in! Grand Champion 20 mins after unpacking Fun pin! ColorDMD will be here Friday.

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Welcome to the club. How did you GC? Catching killers on the roof? I struggle with that timed shot when it keeps moving!

It is a great and very unique game. The atmosphere the pin and its music/theme give off is great. I spent a couple years looking for one before I finally found one and I'd have a really hard time letting it go.

It had to be first time players luck! I just happened to be hitting everything I needed to hit! I was pretty shocked at my score. I also got that roulette wheel right a handful of times out of luck. Maybe the machine was happy to have a new owner? but yes I love the theme, music, and atmosphere the machine throws at you. I got this one for a great price and I could not resist! Fully shopped, all new slot wheels, new decals, all serviced and playing super fast. I think a ramp or two has a crack in it. But other than that she's a beauty! Can't wait to spend more time on it!

Fun game that keeps bringing you back for more. I set mine on hard and set a limit on extra balls to just two.much more playable now.

Pretty sure many Who Dunnit ramps are cracked. This is one of those ramps all the owners are hoping for a reproduction of someday. I'd buy one and I don't even need one right now.

When I see Star ship Fantasy at the next show I'll see if I can bend his arm to make them.

Looks like a really nice Who Dunnit! Congrats on your game and the high score! That’s about my best too. Maybe 11 billion. I’ve solved 3 of the 5 cases in a game, never more tho. Very unique pin really feels like no other. If you like atmosphere, figuring out how to collect equipment and clues, and you don’t mind a little stop and go, this is a fun pin. Not easy to find, but still a bargain compared to some. If you can get that map, it really helps!

I love this era Bally / WMS pins and I never played this one ever. I got a great deal on it considering the condition and it's really fun pin to get into for sure. Fits in well with my others. I meant to ask is there any video modes on it?

I don’t think so. Just the roulette wheel choice of red or black. But they made good use of the DMD with clues and animations. “Meet me in the basement? Hmmmm.” I like the spin-off of Clue, which would work really well if you could move from room to room, sorta like Alice Cooper Nightmare Castle. Glad you found a nice one at a good price. We did too, not far from Expo near Chicago back in 2019. Great price from an owner who had it 15+ years. Prices were different then!

With a lot of interaction with the DMD I was hoping for a video mode it is nice how there is a lot going on in the DMD. My ColorDMD will be here today can't wait to install that! I played Clue as a kid a lot so maybe that's why it pulled me in. Usually I buy pins that need a full shop and LED's so it was nice to pick this one up cheap and it's all done already. I'm so not use to plug it in and play. Well I did change a few flashers on it already Lighted flipper buttons on the way as well from Pinball Life. That is one of my favorite mods.

I'm with you there - I usually have to do at least cleaning and flipper rebuilds on my "new to me" games. It is nice to have turnkey. Don't worry though because it is pinball and something will break soon.

hahah this is true! I picked up a Sharkey's Shootout and the first 10 games all the drop targets snapped off one by one till there was none after 10 games! lol

Plug n play is nice, and I agree, rare. I love the classic Clue game. My fav era is around 1960. I have a few of the boards from that version. I like the artwork. I like the similarity to Clue, but I think a game could still be made based entirely on the board game, where you have to eliminate suspects, weapons and rooms, by visiting rooms, and shooting the right shots to collect everything. Who Dunnit is a simplified version of that I suppose.

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Nice that one is a little older than me! Maybe one of the pin manufactures need to come up with a new pin called Clue! Wonder how that would do. With today's technology they could make something pretty cool that's for sure! But I do get the feel of playing Clue on Who Dunnit.

You pick whodunnit with the flippers. It’s an animated component too.

I have played mine a lot and have not seen that wizard mode. I have had midnight madness several times, which is really cool!

That’s awesome about your son. Love seen the younger generation playing pinball!

This is how you do it, from what I read:

- After collecting floor 3 press both flippers 3 times to manually stop the elevator on floor 3 while the animation arrow is passing floor 3 on the dmd (ie moving from floor 2 to 4)
- Shoot center to collect the secret floor mania.

Correct?

Just about what I explained back in post 21 of this thread.

NOTE: Dwight Sullivan told me about the Secret Mania mode during en expo tour of the Stern factory years ago.

Mmmmm ColorDMD mod.

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I have a real nice Who Dunnit and realize what a great game it is. Ordered the lcd color display today.

Mmmmm ColorDMD mod.

This one deserves it for sure! Seems he improved his panels lately as well. This one looks better then them all. The actual panel seemed a little different then my others.

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So I have been having issues with my third reel opto not sensing. I have moved the board and it works fine and registers. I have reseated all the connections and wires and the opto is on when plugged in but just is registering as closed. As I said, the opto is working because I have tested in the other reel slots and the other optos do not register on reel three either. Any suggestions?

Is the wheel warped at all? I have had them where the opto misses the slot because its out of line.

No the reel is solid. I took the sensor completely out and testing by hand and it isn’t registering. Only when it’s plugged in to the far right wires though. Everywhere else it works fine.

I know I outta know this by now, but who is “Tex?” Sometimes I think they are referring to Bruno, other times to someone else entirely. I’m a bit slow.

Tex is Bruno, read pages A & B at the front of the manual, it explains all the characters.

Thanks. I sorta thought so, but wasn’t convinced. Some clues are confusing. I also played a 12 billion game recently where I identified the killer in all 5 cases, then failed 5 times in a row to catch them on the roof.

...and then, I was in the club.

Woohoo! Happy to be here.

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I did this on my game the other day after reading this and the earlier post on this in the thread. I then drained almost immediately because I was looking at the DMD when the ball came back at me which resulted in very little benefit from the mode.

Same here, Had my W?D for over 15 years and never knew about this secret mode, mind blown

Got a problem whith my reel: it doesnt always center the "figures", sometimes the wheels stops between two figures.
This happens mostly on the 3rd wheel (most to the right) but also on the others. The wheel seems to stop/get stuck for a millisecond or so, then continue its turning.
Start - stop - start -> stop between 2 figures.

The reel has been taken off before and the set screws are changed for a DYI solution that seems to work ok.

Yes, the right wheel is not completely round anymore since it slightly touches the opto switch in some places.
But I managed to play with the set screw and position the wheel to not have any friction.

What could be causing my issue? Does it affect gameplay? Im new to this game.

Cheers!

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